5.January - Fußschmerzen

Grüß euch alle!


It was lovely seeing the class again after a long, well-deserved break. Thank you also to those who brought in belated Christmas gifts; having a second Christmas was a much-appreciated surprise!

Today began with something rather predictable, having everyone write 10 sentences about what they did for the Christmas break. Common trends were, "eating dinner," "opening gifts" and "forgetting to go to Church until the last minute when it was too late."

Our primary topic of the day was the different ways to say "you": du, Sie, ihr and their assorted meanings/situations in which they are used. This was followed by a game of "Lehrer Darf Ich?" (like Simon Says meets Mother May I?) My feet are still sore from having been so foolish as to think I could keep up with half a dozen 11-year-olds running and jumping all across a field.

After lunch, we went over ordinal numbers (p.55 in the Kursbuch), that being 1st (erste), 2nd (zweite) and so on. We spent some doing a homemade logic puzzle called "Das Wetrennen" wherein they had to follow clues to figure out who came first in a race. I'm rather proud of that one, even though every year I forget to write down the answers so I have to race to finish it myself before any of the kids do.

And now.... the homework.

The test from before the break shall be given again next week. Please study accordingly.
Also note I will be absent for the next 3 weeks. Herr Bauer will be my very highly appreciated sub for the duration.

~Mit Vergnügen